from durham north carolina, peter fiber. he was a member of the national security council staff in the clinton and bush administrations. and thomas drake, he was prosecuted for revealing unclassified details of the n schumachera's surveillance programs. mark, let me start with you, when the administration uses words like massive, and costly, when it devils into what some critics have called high personally, how are we to understand the value of what edward snowden took, and the damage it has done. >> well, we will be sorting out the value of what he took for a very long time. but based oen what we with do know, it appears to have been truly among the most sensitive and important secrets that nsa really one of the backbones of the community, has. and in terms of just the volume of what he took away with him, i can really only think of one other precedent, and it even surpasses that and that's the walker whit ward spiraling. he was a chief petty office that spied for the soviets for nearly 20 years in the 60's into the 80's an

fantasy chris dreamed up to stake out the krispy kreme doughnut factory near where he lives in durham, north carolinaf the driver's on a route, and take his truck when the guy's not looking. >> and then just go around and give away the doughnuts. >> reporter: kind of a robin hood kind of thing. stealing cholesterol from the rich and giving to the poor. >> (laughs) i was going to go to the nearest school because once i knew where -- >> reporter: this plan has some holes in it and i'm not speaking doughnuts. you're just going to pull up to a school and say "here's a bunch of doughnuts"? >> yeah, now that you said that i probably wouldn't. >> reporter: not to mention the legal ramifications. >> one of the blessings of a.l.s. is what are they going to do? >> reporter: in case you haven't figured out, chris has a remarkable sense of humor about this, which is partly why when krispy kreme heard about his plotting through a facebook post they didn't threaten prosecution, instead they offered transportation. specifically, a bus, a bus stocked with doughnuts. >> the heist! >> reporter: and so for an entire da

it to sign executive orders for what he touted today in a quick trip down to the raleigh-durham, north carolina talkin,talking about zones, frem zones, targeting federal health through public partnership with private industry and public constitution. this on the manufacturing side. he talked about a semiconductorrer program that is starting there. he has done this with an executive order. he has done three of those. but he has plans for 45, he'll knee congress to sign off on those. there is a limited amount that he can do, but the president is putting positive signs on the economy. we've seen them over the five years of the administration. this time he believes it's going to stick. here's what he had to say. >> we've made progress. that's what i mean when i say this could be a breakthrough year for america. the pieces are all there to start bringing back more of the jobs that we've lost over the past decade. >> he's going to need congress, and to that end right to the white house, the entire democratic caucus sitting down with the president for a meeting mapping out their strategy, not only leg

. >> jason is the supervisor attorney at advocates for children's services in durham, north carolina.rs they were short-term suspending 20,000 indicates year. >> 20,000 kids were out of school for up to? >> 10 days, over a thousand kids were being suspended for the rest the school year, told get out, you are on the streets, come back next year. >> those suspension numbers are coming down, he says, but according to his analysis of recent data at wade county schools, black taunt black spaoe suspended five times as often. black students are 39% of the population but receive 92% of the long-term suggests specses. so when you look at some of the racial disparities here. it would look as though the black kids are misbehaving. >> there is no evidence to support the fact that black kids or accounting out more or more severely. in fact we found data snowing even for the same offenses the african american students are being suspended more often and more harshly. >> for example, land berg found that further 40% of black students in wake county schools caught with cell phones got suspended los an

the first of those hubs, by the way, will be there, the research triangle in raleigh and durham, north carolina, where the president is speaking today. we're going to bring you some of the president's speech once it gets under way. stand by for that. there will be one noted absence at the president's speech. the north carolina democratic senator, kay hagen, her office says she stayed in washington because the senate is still in session. let's bring in our chief political analyst, gloria borger. she is also up for re-election. there is a lot of suspicion she decided to stay in washington, not welcome the president in her home state of north carolina, because she doesn't necessarily want to be photographed with the president. >> sure. notwithstanding what her staff said, it's very clear that there are about a handful of red state democrats up for re-election, who don't want to be photographed an awful lot with president obama, who is seen as a political liability in their state, particularly after the obamacare rollout. so right now they just want to keep their distance, and not give their oppone

fantasy chris dreamed up to stake out the krispy kreme donut factory where he lives in raleigh-durham, north carolinaive away donuts. >> robin hood kind of thing stealing cholesterol from the rich giving to the poor. >> i was going to go to the nearest school, because once i knew -- >> this plan has some holes in it. i'm not speaking donuts. >> going to a school, here everybody, here is a bunch of donuts? >> yeah. now that you said that, probably wouldn't. >> not to mention the legal ramifications. >> one of the blessings of als, what are they going to do? >> chris has remarkable sense of humor about this. which is partly why when krispy kreme heard about his plotting they didn't threaten prosecution instead they offered transportation. specifically a bus. a bus stocked with donuts. and so for an entire day, chris, his family and friends went on this rolling sugar high. >> you had two donuts? >> joyfully delivering to city parks, cancer ward and children's hospitals. >> we're glad to make some people smile. >> the biggest smile of the day belonged to chris himself. remember his original dream was to

>> well the college presbyterian chaplain told as you group of students from north carolina college in durham who were doing sit-ins and pickets were going to come to our next meeting and explain what it was all about to us. and they did. and then they invited to us join them. so a few of us did. >> and how many did you participate in? was this, did you, were you involved for a long time? >> oh, yeah. lots of things. arrested twice in durham. joined the howard group with sit-ins in arlington across the river. i wasn't sitting in there but being, i could buy tickets for the ride so i did that and handed them off. we world travel, in south carolina in sympathy with the jail-in there and came to freedom rides and one thing led to the next. jackson sit-ins. >> so how, where are you from originally? are you from jackson? >> i was born in washington, d.c. my home but after the riots with charlene hunter and hamilton homes in georgia, my family is from georgia. that really touched me the pictures and i felt that integration of the colleges could not just be two by two, these black students undergoin

durham airport. 86-mile-per-hour winds. we actually is some video in north carolina of what happened with these strong winds.building completely collapses. it was under construction, of course, but it just collapsed in those winds and we also had icy conditions and high wind in wisconsin that caused quite a bit of crashes as well. so it was a wild day across all of the nation yesterday. good to report though that we are going to have better weather as we roll through the beginning part of the week. rain totals in georgia, athens, almost four inches of rain yesterday. that was for the past three days combined. and another system starting to take shape across the south. it is going to pull in to the southeast late monday night, into tuesday. doesn't look like we're going to see quite the punch that we saw with this other system. meanwhile, temperatures staying mild in the east. the system could bring slightly cooler temperatures but nothing that we saw last week. >> jennifer, thanks so much. go make some great memories today. >> will do. >>> thank you so much for joining us. state of the union with candy crowl

north carolina yesterday. where i can act on my own without congress, i'm going to do so. and today i'm here to act, to help make raleigh, durham and america a magnet for the good high-tech manufacturing jobs that a growing middle class requires, and it's going to continue to keep this country on the cutting an edge. president obama also put the pressure on congress to extend jobless benefits for the long- term unemployed. the bill to extend those benefits failed to advance in the senate earlier this week. walmart is facing serious allegations about its treatment of protesting workers.the national labor relations board.accuses the world's largest retailer of threatening retaliation against protestors. after failing to reach an agreement in settlement talks. the n-l-r-b moved forward with a lawsuit. walmart responds.: "we look forward to shedding light on the facts of the situation... president obama names a new head to the small business administration. maria contreras-sweet has been nominated to head the organization, which helps small companies secure loans. the position has been vacant for 11 months. the nomination requires

north carolina. >> where i can act on my own without congress, i'm going to do so. today i'm here to act, to help make raleigh/durham and america a magnet for the good high-tech manufacturing jobs that a growing middle class requires where it's going to continue to keep this country on the cutting edge. >> of course, we can do more when congress does act, and the president has bipartisan legislative proposal to create 45 of those high-tech hubs the president was talking about all over the country, but getting republicans in congress to move on it is like getting teenagers to listen to their parents. the president made clear he's going to do it with congress or without them. >> hey, i welcome the president to the income and equality discussion republicans have been talking about it for a long time. as far back as nixon, then, of course, bush and all the way through. welcome to the party, mr. president. in the "crossfire" former minnesota governor tim pawlenty and labor commission secretary robert reich with a new movie out "inequality for all." i think everyone would agree that demand for jobs is greater than the sup

north carolina leaving behind a pile of rubble. >> i saw my neighbor's patio furniture flying across the parking lot. so then i went down into the garage and waited. >> in the raleigh-durham5 miles per hour knocking down trees and power lines. along with that wind, heavy rain, tornado watches and flood warnings across region. in georgia firefighters successfully rescued a teenager from a mobile home after she was trapped by a fallen tree. >> they actually used an airbag to place underneath the tree to pick it up with air so they could get her out. >> high winds were a big problem in the west too. here's a report from montana. >> you could see how strong they are. they are blowing around the light posts in browning and causing damage across the area. it's so windy it is hard to stand up. >> check out some of the damage krtv mike rollins of talking about. trucks blown over interstate 15. meanwhile some welcome relief for parts of the midwest with temperatures higher than normal. in st. louis all they needed were sweat shirts for a visit to the zoo. >> last week i had to wear bib overalls, hat, gloves, face shield, scarf, all sorts of stuff to keep bundled up. quite a differ